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Donny & Marie at 50: Donny Osmond Reflects, Sets New Vegas Dates

Osmond uses the milestone to reflect on how weekly television reshaped his career.

Overview

  • The ABC variety series premiered on Jan. 23, 1976, reaching its 50th anniversary today.
  • Osmond recalls fearing free weekly TV would end record sales before witnessing television’s outsized promotional power.
  • The show ran through 1979, expanding the duo’s global profile even as his recording career paused to promote the series.
  • After an 11-year Las Vegas reunion that ended in 2019, he says a one-off Donny & Marie comeback is not planned.
  • He resumes his Harrah’s Las Vegas residency on Jan. 27, adds Sept. 1–Dec. 12 dates for fall 2026, and is set for induction into the Las Vegas Magazine Hall of Fame.